Brush.



G. PAVLIK.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7, 1908.

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Patented July 13; 1909.

UNITED STATES GEORGE PAVLIK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRUSH.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that l, (inonon PAvLiK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Brushes, (Case 13,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a brush which shall bestrong, durable and hygienic, and which is constructed in such a mannerthat the bristles are very firmly held in the holder which is providedtherefor.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a central sectional elevation ofone form of my improved brush showing the same with a solid handle. Fig.2 is a central sectional elevation of a modified form of my improvedbrush showing the same with a wire handle.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, referring to Fig. 1., 5 are the bristles 6 a sheetmetal holder which terminates at one end in a shank 7 into which one endof a handle 8 is driven. The bristles are held together by cords 9, 9extending around the portion of said bristles which projects into theholder 6. These cords form binders and two of them project into recessesformed by the interior of the ribs 10, 1.0, which ribs project outwardlyfrom the holder 6. A spreader 11, preferably conical, is driven orotherwise forced into the holder, thus forcing the bristles laterally upagainst the interior of said holder, and a wire 12 extends through thespreader, through the holder and through the handle 8 and termiattachedand the bristles, together with the nates at its opposite ends in eyes13, 14-. These eyes form locks to prevent any movement longitudinally ofthe holder, spreader and handle relatively to each other. The eye 18 isformed upon the wire before the parts are locked together and the eye 14is formed upon the wire after the spreader has been forced into theholder. The eye 14, besides forming a lock to keep the parts 6, 8 and 11from becoming disconnected from each other, also serves a convenientmeans by which to suspend the brush.

In putting the different parts together to form the complete brush, thehandle 8 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 456,617.

forced into the shank 7. The bristles 5, after having been dipped in.pitch or other material which is adapted to hold them together and afterhaving been bound with the binders or cords 9, 9, are placed in theholder 6, and the conical shaped spreader is then forced into the holderby means of the wire 1 and also, if desired or necessary, by forcingsaid spreader into the holder by means of a cylindrical stick or anyother suitable means. The wire 12, after the spreader has been driven orotherwise forced into the position shown in Fig. 1, is bent at its outerend into the eye 1 which locks the handle, the holder and the spreadertogether, with the bristles firmly forced against the interior of theholder 6 and with the binders 9, 9 forced into the recesses within theribs 10, 10.

In the form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 2 the bristles 5 areheld within the holder 6 which holder does not have any shank thereon toreceive the handle, but the handle 8 is formed of wire, bent to form aU, the outer ends of the legs of which extend into the holder 6 throughholes provided in the closed end thereof. The spreader 11 issubstantially the same as the spreaders already described and is held inthe holder by the wire 12 which terminates at its opposite ends in eyes18 and 14 respectively. The eye he, however, it will be noted, abutsagainst the end of the holder instead of the wire extending through thehandle, as in the forms illustrated in F 1 and 2.

The form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 1 is the preferred form,for the reason that it is perfectly hygienic, very strong, durable andcheap. The solid handle 8 seals the interior of the holder so that watercan not enter the end to which the handle is spreader, seal the oppositeend of the holder, so that there is no chance of water or liquid of anykind with foreign substances therein getting into the interior of theholder.

While I have described my improved brush in two forms as having the wireter minating at its opposite ends in eyes, for the purpose of lockingthe holder, spreader and handle together, it is evident that the wiremight be bent or headed in a different form from an eye withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. A brush, having in combination, bristles, a binder extending aroundsaid bristles and holding them together, a sheet metal holder for saidbristles, having a rib formed thereon, projecting outwardly therefrom,and forming a recess Within said holder, into which recess said binderprojects, a spreader adapted to spread said bristles Within said holderand force said binder into said recess, a handle, and a Wire extendingthrough said holder, spreader and handle and terminating at its oppositeends in eyes whereby said handle, holder and spreader are lockedtogether.

2. A brush having in combination bristles, a binder extending aroundsaid bristles and holding them together, a sheet metal holder for saidbristles having a rib formed thereon, projecting outwardly therefrom andforming a recess Within said holder, into which recess said binderprojects, said holder having a cylindrical shank, a solid handleprojecting into said shank, a spreader adapted to spread said bristlesWithin said holder and force said binder into said recess, and a Wireextending through said handle, holder and spreader and terminating atits opposite ends in eyes, whereby said handle, holder and spreader arelocked together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Wit nesses.

GEORGE PAVLIK. lVitnesses:

CHARLns T. GooD NG, LOUIS A. J ONES.

